Today in History for March 1976

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 42 of 42

2nd - "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 766 performances
2nd - Bob Lurie becomes CEO of SF Giants
2nd - Holgate, Kemp & Lopez' musical premieres in NYC
2nd - Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
3rd - Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia
3rd - 5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
4th - John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
4th - SF Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie & Bud Herseth
5th - British pound falls below $2 for 1st time
6th - Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
6th - Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina & Zaitsev (URS)
6th - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB)
6th - Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill
7th - Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
8th - 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
9th - 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
9th - Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0
12th - South African troops leave Angola
14th - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
14th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
15th - Failed coup in Niger
16th - British premier Harold Wilson resigns
17th - Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
17th - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
17th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
20th - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70)
20th - Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery
23rd - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
24th - Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
25th - "My Fair Lady" opens at St James Theater NYC for 384 performances
25th - "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC for 48 performances
25th - Argentine milt junta bans leftist political parties
26th - AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M
26th - Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album
Queen Elizabeth II 26th - Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.
27th - Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
27th - Washington DC underground Metro opens
29th - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
29th - 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
30th - Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
31st - Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
31st - NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 91 of 91

1st - Maringo Vlijter, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1st - Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer
1st - Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter
2nd - Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
2nd - Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
3rd - Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
4th - Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player
4th - Sean Covel, American film producer
4th - Scott Sturgeon (Stza Crack), American musician (Choking Victim and Leftover Crack)
4th - Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey player
4th - Vic Wunderle, American archer
5th - Adriana Serra-Zanetti, Modena Italy, tennis star (1995 Moscow semi)
5th - Paul Konerko, American baseball player
5th - Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
5th - Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
6th - Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
7th - Chelsea Charms, American adult actress
8th - Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
8th - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
8th - Hines Ward, American football player
9th - Thor Halvorssen, human rights activist
9th - Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
10th - Barbara Schett, Innsbruck Austria, tennis star
10th - Kisaki, Japanese musician
10th - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
11th - Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
12th - Simon Young, English music journalist
12th - Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
13th - James Dewees, musician
13th - Danny Masterson, American actor
14th - Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer, Auckland NZ, 3k ind pursuit cyclist (Oly-96)
15th - Laurent Gras, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
15th - Jennifer 8. Lee, American journalist
15th - Katherine Brooks, American television director
15th - Cara Pifko, Canadian actress
15th - Jose Sanchez Zolliker, Mexican writer
16th - Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas (1996)
16th - Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
16th - Paul Schneider, American actor
16th - Nick Spano, American actor
17th - Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
17th - Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
17th - Brittany Daniel, American actress
17th - Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
17th - Scott Downs, American baseball player
18th - Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
18th - Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
18th - Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
18th - Michael Spillane, American wrestler, better known as Mike Quackenbush
18th - Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress
19th - Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless)
19th - Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
19th - Zach Lind - American drummer (Jimmy Eat World)
20th - Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
20th - Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park)
22nd - Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters)
Actress Reese Witherspoon (22nd) 22nd - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
23rd - Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls)
23rd - Nolan Baumgartner, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
23rd - Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider
23rd - Jeremy Newberry, American football player
23rd - Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
23rd - Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
23rd - Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing car driver
24th - Danielle Garrett, Camp Hill Penn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
24th - Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer
24th - Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer
24th - Aaron Brooks, American football player
24th - Peyton Manning, American football player
25th - Monica Croscicka-Wnetrzak, Miss Universe-Poland (1996)
25th - Francis Bellew, Irish Gaelic footballer
25th - Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor
25th - Juvenile, American rapper
25th - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
25th - Baek Ji Young, South Korean singer
26th - Amy Smart, American actress
26th - Natalia Livingston, American actress
26th - Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
26th - Ufuk Talay, Australian soccer player
27th - Danny Fortson, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
27th - Roberta Alma Anastase, Miss Universe-Romania (1996)
27th - Djamel Belmadi, Algerian footballer
28th - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
29th - Jennifer Capriati, Long Is NY, tennis pro (Oly-gold-92)
29th - Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
30th - Chris Canty, cornerback (New England Patriots)
30th - Toby Gowin, punter (Dallas Cowboys)
30th - Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi)
30th - Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete
31st - Amanda Moody, Orem Utah, Miss America-Utah (1996)
31st - Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

19th - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 26 of 26

1st - Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
3rd - Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92
4th - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
6th - "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, leight heavy weight boxing champ (1930-34), dies at 71
7th - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
7th - Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
8th - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
13th - Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
14th - Alberta Franklin, silent screen actress, dies at 79
14th - Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
14th - Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies
17th - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
18th - James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
18th - Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
18th - Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
19th - George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87
19th - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
19th - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
20th - Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
24th - Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88
24th - Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
26th - Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
26th - Josef Albers, German artist (b. 1888)
26th - Lin Yutang, Chinese writer (b. 1895)
30th - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
31st - Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890)